Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35280, Nathaniel Edwards, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Edwards, Nathaniel
S 35280
CONTENTS

10.555 Q
Maine.
Nathaniel Edwards
of Parsonsfield in the State of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Mass- line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of May 1819 and sent to George H. Hachey, Esq. Lewiston, Maine.
arrears to 4th of March 1819. 9m. 24/31. 78. 19 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th of Sept. 1819 48. 00
$126.19
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Dead. See letter Oct. 1818. Ha. A. K. Parnis + P. ay.
(Faint vertical text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side) Nathaniel Edwards Parsonsfield, Maine Revolutionary War Pension

Nathan Edwards / mnt Col Wigglesworths Reg't Connecticut line 1777-3 years
Dec: 12 th May 1898
Quincy Mass
Quincy

I Nathaniel Edwards of Parsonsfield in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty two years certify & declare under oath that I served the United States as a Soldier against the common enemy in the war of the revolution for the period of five years & four months as follows (viz)
I enlisted at Wells in said County in April 1775 in Capt. Joshua Bragdon's company and Colonel Scammon's Regiment to serve as a soldier for the period of eight months & served in said Regiment in Cambridge & the vicinity of Boston, and just before that term of enlistment expired I re- enlisted at Cambridge into Capt. Samuel Derby's Company & Col. Prescott's Regiment to serve one year - I afterwards marched with said Regiment to New York & there remained till my term of service expired & was discharged - On my return home I again enlisted in Connecticut to serve three years in Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell's Company & Col. Wigglesworth's Regiment - I joined said Regiment at Boston & marched thence to Peachkill & up the Hudson to Albany & thence to Saratoga where at the capture of General Burgoyne in 1777 - After that event I marched with said Regiment to Valley Forge where we re- mained one winter - and then marched to New Jersey & was in the battle at Monmouth and afterwards marched to Newport Rhode Island & was in the retreat under Genl. Sullivan from that place & then marched to Providence & there wintered - The next I was detached into a corps of light Infantry under Capt. Daniel Pilsbury & marched to New Jersey & to the Delaware & was some time stationed at Clarkstown where my term of service of three years expired on the

ninth day of January 1880 when I was dismissed to return to my Regiment to obtain my discharge - I soon joined my Regiment near Fishkill at a place then called Soldiers' fortune and there I obtained an honorable discharge signed by Major John Porter as then commanding Officer -
I afterwards served eight months in Capt. Jonathan Andrew's company & Col. Allen's Regiment & General Wadsworth's Brigade & during this term of service was at Penobscott & Machias -
My discharge I left with Capt. Jos. M. Lellan of Portland to obtain some back money & when I received the money of his son he could not find my discharge & I have not yet received it -
I served during about one half of my three service as a private & the remainder partly as a corporal & partly as a sergeant -
I am in the most reduced circumstances, having no property of any kind. I have no pension, but am a native citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and over sixty two years of age - I stand in great need of some support from my country -
Nathaniel Edwards
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss -
Be it known that on the 12 th day of May 1818, before me the Subj. One of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Edwards who being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him, in my presence, subscribed

in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled An Act to provide for cer- =tain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- =vice of the United States in the Revolutionary war; From which declaration signed & sworn to as aforesaid I George Thacher Justice etc. Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Nathaniel Ed- =wards did serve in the Revolutionary war as he has stated in his said declaration against the common enemy. And that he is reduced in circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of the Country for support And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned Act of Congress -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this _____ day of May Anno Domini 1818
George Thacher

I Levi Chadbourne of Lawfull age Testifies and says that I was a Soldier in the Continental Establishment in Colonel Edward Weylinworth Regiment in the years 1777 - 1778 & 1779 and Nathaniel Edwards belonged to the same Regiment in the same Establishment we were at the Surrender of Burgoyne there wintered at Valley Forge there at Monmouth Battle there to Rhode Island with General Sullivan there the Regiment marched to Providence there on to the Southward my self being wounded and did not go with the Regiment
Levi Chadbourne
State of Massachusetts
Shefford ss. Affirm here July 6 th 1810 then personally appeared the above named Levi Chadbourne and made solemn oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth before me Joseph Drake Justice of the Peace

Nathaniel Edwards
Parsonsfield
10555
Em
May 19
Page 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday, being the fourth day of July , and by adjournment at Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene , chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July , in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court ,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County — Nathaniel Edwards , aged sixty five years, resident in Parsonsfield in said County , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Nicholas Blaisdel in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Wigglesworth , in the line of the State of Massachusetts , on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the twelfth day of May , A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10.555 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Nathaniel Edwards
Sworn to and declared, on the 18 th day of July , A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj a Greene, chief Justice
} One of the Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
1 cow - 1 pig - a small quantity of household furniture.
I am justly indebted to sundry persons 100 doll s
Nathaniel Edwards
Schedule

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathaniel Edwards who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age, &c. about half my time.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Bathsheba 60 y rs unable by reason of weakness, being in a decline.   Son Nathaniel 20 able   Daught: Bathsheba 20 able to do something, but has a cancer .   Grandchild Mary 16 months unable   Nathaniel Edwards  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fifteen dollars and fifty cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

35 280
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Pay
19290 ct. 22. Photo mailed to Mrs. Leonard L. Files + Fin. Rev. nfd. see Joseph Phinney S. 37298. Q. N. Y.
File No. 35 280
Nathaniel Edwards
Per Rev. Mr.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 125
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Biddeford 26 th October 1840 To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary at War.
I have the honour to transmit to your office the declarations of fifty ex- soldiers & officers who served in the revoluto- nary war, & who consider themselves intitled to some consideration under the late act of Congress in favour of such characters as being themselves within the same by proving their services according to Law.
I have detained these some weeks expecting to receive some account of those I formerly transmitted to your office, intending had there been accompanied with remarks of deficiencies, to have sup- plied them with further evidence — But as Congress is about convening, & it may

As you will wish to give some information to the Legislature on this subject, I now transmit, those I have taken; I request, as in my former transmission, that those which are found desirable may be returned to me with notes of what is further necessary —
With consideration of perfect respect, I am, Sir, Yours,
George Thacher